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​​​Third-party Harris County Tour Providers Directory 

 

This directory was compiled casually over a period of several weeks.  The compiler attempted a broad sweep not dome before.  Some tours are free, others are not.  Some providers offer a single tour, others offer dozens.  These are not licensed/operated/endorsed by Harris County.

For questions or comments regarding Tour information, Harris County Tours, or 3rd Party Tour Services, please contact HistoricalCommissionTourism@hctx.net.

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Architecture Center of Houston / Houston AIA713-520-0155
COST.  Walking tours of Montrose neighborhood, Buffalo Bayou, and Museum District.
Architectural Interests, AllAIA Houston Events Calendar
Heritage Society at Sam Houston Park713-655-1912
COST.  Various tours for adults and children (several grade levels and scouting programs).  Candlelight Tour in December.  http://www.heritagesociety.org/schoolscouttours.html.
 
Telephone tour of Sam Houston Park Architecture @ 713-568-9190.  Subsequently press numbers 1 – 9 for individual audio commentary regarding: (1) Kellum-Noble Home, (2) 4th Ward Cottage, (3) Nichols-Rice-Cherry Home, (4) Old Place, (5) St. John Church, (6) Jack Yates Home, (7) Staiti Home (8) San Felipe Cottage, (9) Pillot House.  This telephone tour can be used in conjunction with photos at http://www.heritagesociety.org/historicstructures.html.
1100 Bagby StreetHouston, Texas 77002Architectural Interests, Allheritagesociety.org
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COST.  Annual Moderne buildings tour in April, occasional special tours of neighborhoods and threatened buildings.  Website allows searching by neighborhood which is quite adaptable to designing tours.
Architectural Interests, AllHouston Mod
Rice Design Alliance
COST.  Annual architectural tour on a particular topic, also provides a variety of occasional tours of buildings, sites, and neighborhoods, over a dozen of which are summarized online
Architectural Interests, AllRice Design Alliance
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